Category Archives: Local News

Brewer Elementary in Columbus held its annual Math and Science extravaganza on Thursday to help curious minds develop and engage learning in several activities.

A lying and rebellious teen was how one local woman described her adopted daughter on Thursday, as a child abuse trial continued about an hour east of Columbus in Butler, GA.

An ongoing investigation into several area robberies occurring over the past four months has led to additional charges being filed against three Lee County men suspected of involvement in a series of business robberies.  

A new foundation fund to help support the needs of local children in the Chattahoochee Valley was established on Thursday. 

Taken by her sister Shanell Brinkley-Chapman on Nov. 12, 21-year-old Tommistrise Collins was in labor with contractions that were three minutes apart – but was not going to miss a psychology test that was due that day.

Columbus police are searching for three vehicles and an individual possibly involved in the shooting at 4th Quarter Sports Bar that killed 33-year-old Dominic Mitchell.T

The Georgia Welcome Centers located in Columbus and West Point Georgia will close for renovations Monday, December 7 for a maximum of 210 days. 

An accident has occurred where are car has crashed in a gas station Thursday. 

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are looking into a fire at a fire station on Wednesday night.

Thursday is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, encouraging all smokers to quit for at least 24 hours, or at least make a plan to quit. Smokers in Alabama don’t have to do it alone. The